P. 38—“Matteo;” “Nicolo Polo.” Venetian noblemen and brothers. In the thirteenth century while on a mercantile voyage they reached China, were favorably received, and promised to return. They did so, with letters from Gregory X., and, accompanied by young Marco Polo remained twenty-four years. Marco held an official position during three years—the only European who ever held a high office under the emperor of China. From the accounts which he wrote on his return, he has been called the Herodotus of the middle ages. P. 39—“Căt´ă-pŭlts.” Military engines used for throwing. P. 39—“Carpini;” kar-pee´nee. P. 39—“Mon-te Co-ri´no.” P. 39—“Avignon,” ah-veen-yong´. A city of Southern France. The popes from Clement V. to Gregory XI. (1309-1377) lived here. The last restored the papal see to Rome. P. 40—“Porcelain tower.” It is an octagonal tower, nine stories high. The outer face is covered with slabs of glazed porcelain of green, red, yellow, white, etc. The body of the building is brick. P. 41—“Ricci,” rēt´che. P. 42—“Schall.” A Jesuit missionary sent to China in 1820. By his skill and learning he gained the favor of the people, and received one hundred thousand proselytes into the church. But the favor turned, and he was thrown into prison, where he died. P. 43—“Ginseng,” jĭn´sĕng. A root found in America and Siberia, and used in China as a panacea for every ill. P. 47—“Coolie.” A porter, a laborer. P. 52—“Kō-ra´i.” P. 53—“Ki-shi´.” P. 54—“Shin´ra; Hi-ak´sai.” P. 58—“Han-yang´.” P. 60—“Ku-ro-da,” ku-ro´da. P. 61—“Fu´san; Gen´san.” P. 63—“Name.” Griffis, in “The Mikado’s Empire,” gives sixteen different names for Japan, which he has gathered from the Japanese literature or heard in colloquial use. P. 64—“For-mo´sa.” P. 66—“Sat-su´ma.” P. 75—“Men´dez Pin´tō.” An adventurer of the sixteenth century. He wrote a book of travels, which is included in the classics of Portugal. P. 75—“Xavier,” zăv´e-ur. A Roman Catholic missionary, and one of the holiest and most useful of any time. He was one of the founders of the Jesuit society. P. 79—“Ty-coon´.” P. 79—“Domin´icans.” An order of preaching friars, founded in 1215 by Dominic. P. 80—“Shim-a-ba´ra.” P. 81—“Syl´la-ba-ry.” Table of syllables. P. 81—“Shintō.” The ancient religion of Japan. “It teaches the divinity of the mikado, and the duty of all Japanese to obey him implicitly. Strike out these doctrines and there is nothing left but Chinese cosmogony, local myth and Confucian morals.” P. 84—“Etas.” The local outcasts of Japan, including tanners, leather-dressers, grave-diggers, or those who in any way handled raw hide or buried animals. They were totally cut off from the rest of the people. Errata, in “Notes on Required Readings” for May. P. 482, c. 1—Lip´ets_k_. P. 482, c. 2—Pol-tï´_n_as. P. 483, c. 1—“Homerus.” The work here referred to was in the original, that is in Greek, with a _Latin_ title. LECTURE BY ARTEMUS WARD.